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people don't realize he put 350 million worth of healthcare cuts on the table. that's not enough to slow the rate of growth to the economy, but it is a good start and republicans will have to make some concessions in order to make this thing moving. >> ten senator, what do you see from your house, a lot of people were surprised this were willing to put the debt limit off. do you see a different attitude there or more controlled by john barn over his caucus? >> i have seen it more common since leaking through the icebergs of my party who are rigid. i say some of them are rigid as a fire place poker but without the occasional warmth. and these guys are tough and they are going to cause trouble. but when i saw the candor set up a film or graphic of what would happen if they decided to take their stand with the debt limit, he said, this was disaster. and the only way can you describe disaster for those guys is you're going to get beat and be embarrassed and they will make you look like fools. i think that is coming around. i would say, drop the social issues. i thou
people don't realize he put 350 million worth of healthcare cuts on the table. that's not enough to slow the rate of growth to the economy, but it is a good start and republicans will have to make some concessions in order to make this thing moving. >> ten senator, what do you see from your house, a lot of people were surprised this were willing to put the debt limit off. do you see a different attitude there or more controlled by john barn over his caucus? >> i have seen it more...
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with a degree in the field of healthcare or nursing from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu. >>> i self-identify as black and grew up as the son of a black father. although my mother is white, i never saw mixed and black as mutually exclusive. mixed culture is people being brought to this country, building their own cultural traditions here in america. i feel connected to my russian heritage and jewish ancestry. but a connection to my white culture is an ail yent clien co me. >> it's a poem about her life, but jones is struggling to recite it. >> they always called me white girl. >> she calls her poem other, or the biracial poem. it's about being bullied by black kids for being light-skinned. >> i remember their taunts. i became ashamed. >> now the tough part, she has to perform it at the first spoken word poetry competition of the season, but it's painful and she can hardly get through it. >> i pretended i didn't know they were all wondering if i was adopted. no black
with a degree in the field of healthcare or nursing from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu. >>> i self-identify as black and grew up as the son of a black father. although my mother is white, i never saw mixed and black as mutually exclusive. mixed culture is people being brought to this country, building their own cultural traditions here in america. i feel connected...
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that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law. clearly president obama does not want us to get that chance. he want his last two years to look just like his first two years of his presidency. it was to perpetuate progressive government for at least a generation. why? he thinks it is the right and to do. to do that, he needs to delegitimize the republican party and house republicans, in particular. he will try to divide us. he will try to get us to fight with each other, question each other so we do not challenge him. if we play into his hands, we will betray the voters who supported us in the country that we serve. we cannot let that happe
that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law. clearly president obama does...
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it was a for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government healthcare spending. it was not all on the revenue side. what i think is important is for the congressional budget office saying it reduce the deficit in the first decade, which is what they usually look at areas but if you look on the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit and more. they were giving credit in thinking that it would slow the growth rate of some of the healthcare spending. that is an important point. >> let's switch to another passionate topic. education. quite a few questions from the audience on how much can we afford to fund and where should we be funding and investing in the educational system? should it be done on a national level or a state level? >> let's mix it up, you go first. >> i have read that test scores of american elementary and secondary educational students have not increased and the famous nation at risk report in the early 1980's. even though spending has increased dramatically. i question whether the solution to the problem is, let's take those systems and
it was a for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government healthcare spending. it was not all on the revenue side. what i think is important is for the congressional budget office saying it reduce the deficit in the first decade, which is what they usually look at areas but if you look on the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit and more. they were giving credit in thinking that it would slow the growth rate of some of the healthcare spending. that is an important point....
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guest: it is hard to -- healthcare is an odd category. for most workers, it is paid for by your employer. you see a small share of the cost. others pay it out-of-pocket. for others, it is a government benefit. it shows up as government transfer payments. seeing how the affordable care act will work and affect these things, there is a lot we do not know. it was passed more than two years ago. we are just seeing how it will work and affect a lot of things in the economy. host: is this in your purview? guest: we only have data through 2012. it has been relatively little impact so far. we expect the numbers to show up more as we go into 2014. host: derek, minnesota, doing the same. caller: do you work for the government? are you independent? guest: i work for the government at the bureau of economic analysis as part of the department of congress. we put up economic statistics as our main business. caller: do you have relatives in there? host: your question? caller: what we are talking about today is how americans are doing financially. i look
guest: it is hard to -- healthcare is an odd category. for most workers, it is paid for by your employer. you see a small share of the cost. others pay it out-of-pocket. for others, it is a government benefit. it shows up as government transfer payments. seeing how the affordable care act will work and affect these things, there is a lot we do not know. it was passed more than two years ago. we are just seeing how it will work and affect a lot of things in the economy. host: is this in your...
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as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40 years ago, they certainly did not do x any favors. they certainly did not do us any favors by doing it in january. despite that, the threat of snow and ice did not to chew away. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] on january 22, 1973, the date the supreme court handed down a ruling on rover sway -- roe versus wade, i was working at an emergency room in baltimore. this was a time he was still not widely accepted for women to pursue a career outside the home or own a business or run for elected office. have madeose inroads towards tender equality, abortion on demand continues to undermine
as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40...
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lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health- care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he built a house, and he cannot buy it because the bank tanked his loan. this guy is the most reliable thing you could ever imagine, and then we read that dodd- frank and obama would not allow it. do we have to find these stories where our own government is killing us every day? >> yes or no question, should we find those stories coming you guys? john, you want to start? >> sure, that is part of the way a leader sells its policies, through an illustrative anecdotes that seems to connect and resonate with people -- through illustrative anecdotes that seem to connect in resonate
lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health- care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he...
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it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance that that event, but we must continue to do more. working with the attorney general, my administration will use these funds to assist those in nevada who have been hardest hit by the housing crisis. we are obligated as leaders to find ways to keep people live in their homes and families together . i would use every means at my disposal to help people to stay in their most important possession, their home. [applause] the recession has hurt the entire nevada family. state employees have seen their pay cut and they have been required to take unpaid furlough days. tonight, i am announcing that we wil
it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance...
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, their employer will decide. 200 million people have healthcare taken through employer paid insurance? so what choice do you and i if if we're working for dupont, what happens to our choices? now you know it costs a thousand per worker to insure a worker with health care and the government fine if you don't follow it is $2,000. so it's a perfect incentive to move more people off private insurance and health and human services as sebelius said, the private healthcare insurance industry is in a death spiral. of course they're in a death spiral. that the intention. if you eliminate then it's easier to move to singing-payer system which president obama has said, this is his goal and might take five, seven, eight, ten years. >> we're going next to ken and then alex and robert and then alicia, tom, chris, and lauren fox toned. >> i have to be out of here by 1:00. >> we will have a lovely lunch for you. >> i wanted to ask about the -- follow up on jane's question. clearly -- . [inaudible] >> if you think that the bitter nature of the clamor and -- [inaudible] >> anything the republicans can
, their employer will decide. 200 million people have healthcare taken through employer paid insurance? so what choice do you and i if if we're working for dupont, what happens to our choices? now you know it costs a thousand per worker to insure a worker with health care and the government fine if you don't follow it is $2,000. so it's a perfect incentive to move more people off private insurance and health and human services as sebelius said, the private healthcare insurance industry is in a...
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well, healthcare reform was a huge step forward, and there's a lot of fights in the states now about making sure that the states adopt medicaid expansion under the healthcare reform because that would provide access to health care for a lot of very low-income workers who currently don't have access to health care so that includes some domestic workers certainly in new york, one thing we're experimenting with is trying to create a dome workers specific health insurance program that lowers the cost of health care for domestic workers by limiting the number of facilities and trying to be creative how to keep the costs down. the reality is, even with reform, it's going to be a challenge to afford it for a domestic worker earning poverty wages. and finally, i'd say that immigration reform is a huge factor here as well because undocumented immigrants currently are not included under the affordable care act. so, to make sure that if we can actually create a road to citizenship for all of these workers, it actually expand, there's a way in which health care reform and immigration connects an
well, healthcare reform was a huge step forward, and there's a lot of fights in the states now about making sure that the states adopt medicaid expansion under the healthcare reform because that would provide access to health care for a lot of very low-income workers who currently don't have access to health care so that includes some domestic workers certainly in new york, one thing we're experimenting with is trying to create a dome workers specific health insurance program that lowers the...
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what is sane about making employers pay for their employee's healthcare? how is that pro capitalism? all of our allies have single payer. that's socialism we're afraid of? show me a capitalist ally who doesn't have it? when we're doing that, you'll see we'll no longer have a country where the leading cause of bankruptcy is inability to pay healthcare costs. we're going broke over this. if you really were afraid of -- if you're really afraid of the competition of public option or cheaper canadian drugs, then you ain't a capitalist, my friend. >> that's the crazy part. they argue they can't compete with the public option and at the same time they were arguing the public option was going to be crap and nobody wanted it. it is one or the other. really horrible and nobody's going to use it or if would be so unbelievably competitive that health companies can't compete with it. democrats didn't midge it properly and -- didn't message it properly and members of congress didn't have the right talking points to fight back against the tea party uprisings in august wh
what is sane about making employers pay for their employee's healthcare? how is that pro capitalism? all of our allies have single payer. that's socialism we're afraid of? show me a capitalist ally who doesn't have it? when we're doing that, you'll see we'll no longer have a country where the leading cause of bankruptcy is inability to pay healthcare costs. we're going broke over this. if you really were afraid of -- if you're really afraid of the competition of public option or cheaper...
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we see this in the gun debate and so many other debates in the abortion debate, healthcare. there are so many people that if you talk to the constituents this is what they want. clearly the polls say that. yet there is this infusion of money of lobbyists who are protecting the interests of business who have that interest-- >> but then i say the republicans and even harry reid if he let's this bill die in the senate, the next time there is a massacre, y'all own it. president obama is promising new gun control legislation, but if he doesn't it wouldn't be the first props promise he has brokenned. it was announced this week that those assigned at guantanamo bay is reassigned and no one is replacing him. was it just a complain ploy that he knew he could give up on easily if he had to. >> i know we'll get comments saying that you had obama apologizists on the show, but i think it's one of those instances, and we talked about it earlier on the show this week that he had this naive ideal that he could go in and close it it. and when he got in and saw all the difficulties of everyth
we see this in the gun debate and so many other debates in the abortion debate, healthcare. there are so many people that if you talk to the constituents this is what they want. clearly the polls say that. yet there is this infusion of money of lobbyists who are protecting the interests of business who have that interest-- >> but then i say the republicans and even harry reid if he let's this bill die in the senate, the next time there is a massacre, y'all own it. president obama is...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show." >> twenty-five minutes after the hour we will talk to angela kelly from the center of american progress about immigration reform, and it looks like michael tomasky is in the studio with us as a friends of bill. it looks like immigration reform is going to nose ahead of gun control here as the issue that the senate is most likely to deal with first. >> yeah. >> you have written a piece today form daily beast in response to david mammot about gun control. he wrote in newsweek. >> he wrote in newsweek last week. he has become very right-wing in recent years. so he is against obama and all of his deeds. >> channelling karl marx. >> the old handy hoary thing that they do. he said that obama signed a law giving armed
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show." >> twenty-five minutes after the hour we will talk to angela kelly from the center of american...
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so should have healthcare, assault weapons ban jobs bill, the list goes on and on. mr. john john on twitter says what's the point of the democrats helping the lowlife republicans gain hispanic votes? you can find us on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: so immigration reform sabrina has really taken over. has it pushed gun control off the table or just on the back burner? >> i don't think either. he's setting the tone that this needs to continue. what people are calling a gun show tour of sorts where he's going around and keeping the momentum going. president obama, too is going to reengage. he will continue to talk about it. >> bill: he did yesterday at the white house. >> he will continue to talk about it publicly in speeches and forums. he will bring it up, perhaps even in the state of the union and though not exclusively by referencing guns he even, during inauguration, brought up newtown and keeping children safe. there is a tone being set that keeps pressure that wasn't there before. and you have, of course, a lot of senators who have introduced various proposals to ban
so should have healthcare, assault weapons ban jobs bill, the list goes on and on. mr. john john on twitter says what's the point of the democrats helping the lowlife republicans gain hispanic votes? you can find us on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: so immigration reform sabrina has really taken over. has it pushed gun control off the table or just on the back burner? >> i don't think either. he's setting the tone that this needs to continue. what people are calling a gun show tour of...
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healthcare reform is what you're an expert on. i'm a little rumbly in my tumbly still. >> she had soup and she's eating a pedialyte popsicle. >> you have to get solids at some point. >> stephanie: i'm on it. jacki schechner before we dive into right-wing world, hillary clinton super pac has been launched. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> i saw that yesterday. it's called ready for hillary. simple ready to work for hillary when she's ready to run. >> she insists it is grassroots. >> no, no, no. it is supposedly a woman who is an avid hillary supporter. she and seven other cofounders put it together. they've got 50,000 followers on twitter and they're not going to have a web presence like a web site or anything like that up for a couple of weeks but you know what? there is such a grassroots support for hillary. there are a lot of women and lot of men who are really excited about the prospect of her running. i will tell you that this is not just -- this is not just national. this is global because she held a global town hall yeste
healthcare reform is what you're an expert on. i'm a little rumbly in my tumbly still. >> she had soup and she's eating a pedialyte popsicle. >> you have to get solids at some point. >> stephanie: i'm on it. jacki schechner before we dive into right-wing world, hillary clinton super pac has been launched. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> i saw that yesterday. it's called ready for hillary. simple ready to work for hillary when she's ready to run. >>...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> president obama tells congress hey we need to get busy and pass that yougration bill fast or i will send you my plan and make you vote on that. the battle's begun. great do see you today. it is wednesday, january 30th this is the "full-court press" coming to you on your talk radio station and, of course on current tv. good to see you today. thank you for joining the conversation. here, our morning town hall to bring you up to date on the news of the day from our nation's capitol where the senate judiciary committee has a hearing starting at 10:00 o'clock this morning, on both sides, on the issue of gun violence horrendous assign in syria with some 60 young
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> president obama tells congress hey we...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama with a 60% approval rating now. highest of his entire four years and one month as president. what do you think? he is doing something right. american people finally realizing it. hello, hello, everybody, great to see you today and welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. on your local progressive talk radio station coming to you live all across this great land of ours, and bringing you up to date on the news of the day whether it is happening here in our nation's capitol, around the globe or around this country. we'll look for your comments on @bpshow. and don't forget the chat room. you
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill:...
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>> what is in the affordable care act are certain mandates that pushed the cost of healthcare up. those mandates have to do with information technology. they have to do with the delivery of specific services at a specific time. these are coming together in a confluence and the cost are extensive. at the same time that medicare rates are dropping. they are taking hundreds of billions of dollars away from medicare in the first several years. hospitals have had to accommodate. in order to survive, the smaller ones have been brought up by the larger ones. connell: people say to themselves that some of these costs are up front costs, information technology, it will be costly for doctors and hospitals to upgrade their systems. over the long-term, consolidation and other industries has saved money. >> healthcare is unlike any other industry. it is not an industry. that is the problem. people do not understand that. the only way that will happen is to squeeze more and more out of the supply side. that will not work. the issue is, how do you control the supply and the demand. that is not b
>> what is in the affordable care act are certain mandates that pushed the cost of healthcare up. those mandates have to do with information technology. they have to do with the delivery of specific services at a specific time. these are coming together in a confluence and the cost are extensive. at the same time that medicare rates are dropping. they are taking hundreds of billions of dollars away from medicare in the first several years. hospitals have had to accommodate. in order to...
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law, because the president's healthcare law essentially has made it worse. bill: senator barrasso from earlier. bret baier anchor of special report with us now. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: explain the story. what are we hearing from some of these unions with regard to their healthcare? what are they saying? >> reporter: basically because of the healthcare law that goes into effect next year these unions are getting concerned. the healthcare law has a number of requirements, among them the annual caps for paying out medical benefits are removed h the $250,000 annual cap is removed. the $1 million lifetime benefit cap, the medical benefit payout is removed. you can keep your kid on your plan up until 26, you remember that. there are no exemptions for preexisting conditions. all of that. you remember all of that. but that costs money. all of these plans, it's more costly to run them. well the unions are seeing that, and they are seeing it realtime, to the point where each members' plan in some unions are pointing out it could cost 50-cent
law, because the president's healthcare law essentially has made it worse. bill: senator barrasso from earlier. bret baier anchor of special report with us now. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: explain the story. what are we hearing from some of these unions with regard to their healthcare? what are they saying? >> reporter: basically because of the healthcare law that goes into effect next year these unions are getting concerned. the healthcare law has a number of...
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also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for wha
also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for wha
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should any employer be forced to cover contraceptives in the healthcare plan? let me know on twitter. a day after the president shut down the jobs council, reminder of just how suffocating the unemployment situation still is. the national jobless rate went up after two months of no changes. white house correspondent wendell goler looks inside the numbers tonight. >> reporter: with the tenth of a point increase in unemployment rate to 7.9%, the january jobs report was at least initially disappointing. the revised no. and december figures mean we average 200,000 new jobs a month over the past three months. those are numbers the white house is willing to stand behind. >> we created 2.2 million with the revisions of jobs in 2012. that means that we have been moving in the right direction when it comes to job creation. >> not moving fast enough for republicans like house speaker john boehner who said in a written statement, "more than 12 million americans are still unemployed and it's been that way for far too long." boehner said the president should haven't let the
should any employer be forced to cover contraceptives in the healthcare plan? let me know on twitter. a day after the president shut down the jobs council, reminder of just how suffocating the unemployment situation still is. the national jobless rate went up after two months of no changes. white house correspondent wendell goler looks inside the numbers tonight. >> reporter: with the tenth of a point increase in unemployment rate to 7.9%, the january jobs report was at least initially...
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not one of the owners surveyed said healthcare costs were helping business a lot. here is a look at the other top concerns. as you see, top of the list, those health issues. next taxes on small businesses. again, a majority indicate they are hurting business a great deal. rounding out the top five worries the price of energy, government regulations and the federal debt ceiling. in a separate questionnaire, owners flagged concerns for not hiring. 6 out of 10 said again wore areries about the potential cost of healthcare but three other reasons for not adding workers topped that. the reasons they gave, 81% said they do not need additional help. three quarters blamed revenues and sales. and two thirds point to worries about the overall u.s. economy. that said, there are some bright spots in the survey. overall, u.s. small biz owners optimistic with their environment this month. the small business index jumped to a positive number plus nine after plummeting to negative 11 in the last quarter. that was taken right after the presidential election. still, owner optimism i
not one of the owners surveyed said healthcare costs were helping business a lot. here is a look at the other top concerns. as you see, top of the list, those health issues. next taxes on small businesses. again, a majority indicate they are hurting business a great deal. rounding out the top five worries the price of energy, government regulations and the federal debt ceiling. in a separate questionnaire, owners flagged concerns for not hiring. 6 out of 10 said again wore areries about the...
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is it worse under obama stimulus, healthcare, does that have a big impact? >> i think it has. no question that his aagain da was to in a sense spend us out of recession and that didn't work and a lot of the money ended up being captured in washington august. if you look at the per capita average stimulus money washington, d.c. got nine times what the average american got outside of washington. >> sean: how does, washington, get 15% of all of the federal budget? >> that is the crisis we are in. the crisis is where you have a president or party of big government and the junior party s the party of little big government but you no party of limited government. what we have and you see this with the stimulus and the bailouts of the banks that everything s concentrated in washington now. the rest of the country has not pulled out of the recession. washington has the lowest unemployment and highest per cap income. >> sean: a real estate market that is the most robust in the country. they are doing fine. we are nonpartisan in this. this is both party's problems. what is scary is if yo
is it worse under obama stimulus, healthcare, does that have a big impact? >> i think it has. no question that his aagain da was to in a sense spend us out of recession and that didn't work and a lot of the money ended up being captured in washington august. if you look at the per capita average stimulus money washington, d.c. got nine times what the average american got outside of washington. >> sean: how does, washington, get 15% of all of the federal budget? >> that is the...
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you have to think about the cost associated with the healthcare. everything else that hasn't been factored in. >> bob: remember, they would not be qualified for medicaid or any government assistance until they got in the line and process. put in the back of the line, they are fine. they have to pay back the taxes. the reality, you are not going to do anything with the 11 million. republicans can say all they want about it, the anti-immigration republicans say all they want but a fool's game. they can't stop it. >> greg: the fear here is we want people to come here and love america. we want people to understand freedom. not free stuff. this is a country, not a game show where the point, the moment you walk in you get stuff. my fear is that ethnic politics has changed the country so it's not a melting pot. it's a pie of preferences. it's no longer the u.s.. it's you versus me. you are not an american. you are a black or hispanic. you are gay. you are straight. that's what worries me. we may be sacrificing this idea of patriotism in american unity bef
you have to think about the cost associated with the healthcare. everything else that hasn't been factored in. >> bob: remember, they would not be qualified for medicaid or any government assistance until they got in the line and process. put in the back of the line, they are fine. they have to pay back the taxes. the reality, you are not going to do anything with the 11 million. republicans can say all they want about it, the anti-immigration republicans say all they want but a fool's...
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if this goes forward it could drive up the cost of president obama's new healthcare law. steven moore is a senior economic writer for the "wall street journal" to explain that. steven, good morning to you. >> hi, bill, good morning. bill: how would this work. >> the big issue with respect to legalizing these 8, 10, 12 million people who are here illegally is will they become eligible for all these government benefits this. is a big concern. i'm as proimmigration as anyone, i think immigration is one of our great sassett as a country. i have a concern offering food stamps, health benefits, welfare benefits to immigrants who come here we. want immigrants who want to come here and work and be productive citizens. we don't want our welfare system to become a nag net. this will be a big issue in that bill that you were just discussing with brit hume. bill: i'm reading from the hill.com. assuming a final deal paves the way for undocumented immigrants to receive papers, assuming, do we know that to be the case? >> well the bill is still being written. we don't know exactly what
if this goes forward it could drive up the cost of president obama's new healthcare law. steven moore is a senior economic writer for the "wall street journal" to explain that. steven, good morning to you. >> hi, bill, good morning. bill: how would this work. >> the big issue with respect to legalizing these 8, 10, 12 million people who are here illegally is will they become eligible for all these government benefits this. is a big concern. i'm as proimmigration as anyone,...
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we were trying to figure out about the healthcare. 'if weir struggling to figure out what that is, that is not a good use of your time. instead of making things simple and effective and efficient and fair, we're getting all these thousands of regulations that are confusing and stagnant and just enrage go people. >> businesses have to have a fleet of lawyers to figure out obamacare. they are afraid of being penalizes. they wanted to keep the employee count down. as a businessman, it's pretty clear what is happening here and it's just bad economic policy. even worse, the spending. we're not talking about it enough. president says it is no problem. we're spending more than we're bringing in. >> greta: if spending is not a problem, they then why raise the debt ceiling? >> the goal now of the whole conservative movement is push congress to put our country on a path to a balanced budget. president calls that radical. over ten-year period, if we don't stop spending we're going to bankrupt our country. >> greta: do you think washington has a
we were trying to figure out about the healthcare. 'if weir struggling to figure out what that is, that is not a good use of your time. instead of making things simple and effective and efficient and fair, we're getting all these thousands of regulations that are confusing and stagnant and just enrage go people. >> businesses have to have a fleet of lawyers to figure out obamacare. they are afraid of being penalizes. they wanted to keep the employee count down. as a businessman, it's...
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that is spending discretionary spending, healthcare, that is out of control. >> that is what i don't understand why they didn't want to move forward to get something done on entitlement reform on the non-discretionary side. >> sean: you seem offended. i am tired of republicans getting lied about as if they don't care about sick people or old people or anything else. it's one big propaganda campaign. >> they want you to get riled about it. let's see, there is 10.8% unemployment rate in the city that you gave a speech. can we talk about that? >> sean: i agree with that part. >> i'm tired of being toiled i'm a racist. i'm tired of being told i want to poison the water and air because i am a wicked conservative. i don't have to put up with it. i have to have a good counter argument and i agree that the senator and president obama are distracting from a serious debate about the issues have the country. i refuse to sit quiet and not get upset when i am called all these names. >> i used to get offended by this stuff all the time. if i let myself offended what democrats say about me as a con
that is spending discretionary spending, healthcare, that is out of control. >> that is what i don't understand why they didn't want to move forward to get something done on entitlement reform on the non-discretionary side. >> sean: you seem offended. i am tired of republicans getting lied about as if they don't care about sick people or old people or anything else. it's one big propaganda campaign. >> they want you to get riled about it. let's see, there is 10.8% unemployment...
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most of the gains in healthcare and retail, though manufacturers added -- had a small gain. november and desiree viciouse and desire december december revisions. that is 200,000 private sector jobs each of the past three months. the economy added 180,000 jobs a month the past two years, which is 170,000 jobs a month less than many economists if not most economists would like to see, jon. jon: what is the republican reaction to all this. >> reporter: john boehner questioned the president's decision not to renew the khaert of hi charter of his job's council. they didn't think much of the recommendation other than to fast track the keystone pipeline. john boehner said, quote this is the wrong time for president obama to scrap his job's council and delay his budget. month after month we see the same thing, high unemployment and more debt. 12million americans are still unemployed and it's been that way for far too long. the president's advisers say it's also the wrong time for the threat to let across the board spending cuts take the place of a balanced approach to deficit reduct
most of the gains in healthcare and retail, though manufacturers added -- had a small gain. november and desiree viciouse and desire december december revisions. that is 200,000 private sector jobs each of the past three months. the economy added 180,000 jobs a month the past two years, which is 170,000 jobs a month less than many economists if not most economists would like to see, jon. jon: what is the republican reaction to all this. >> reporter: john boehner questioned the president's...
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insurers will be able to deduct the cost from the user fees they pay the government for obama care's healthcare exchanges. that means taxpayers will foot the bill say critics or else the insurers are apt to pass the cause back to the now exempted religious employers. also not covered by new proposed rules are private sector companies with religious objections. that means lawsuits like the one filed by the hobby lobby which could face fines of over a million dollars a day will likely snake their way towards the supreme court. now, there will be a period of 60 days of public comment with these proposed rules. but they are expected to be finalized by the summer. shep? >> shepard: james rosen a new study reports that more of our veterans are committing suicide than previously thought. according to the department of veterans affairs, 22 american veterans kill themselves every day. which is about higher than the department's previous estimate. the new study also shows that the majority of suicides are not among iraq and afghan war vets but veterans over the age of 50. a day of remembrance, nasa honor
insurers will be able to deduct the cost from the user fees they pay the government for obama care's healthcare exchanges. that means taxpayers will foot the bill say critics or else the insurers are apt to pass the cause back to the now exempted religious employers. also not covered by new proposed rules are private sector companies with religious objections. that means lawsuits like the one filed by the hobby lobby which could face fines of over a million dollars a day will likely snake their...
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it is very easy to live here and not speak english, and have a wonderful life and still get healthcare and e and and education. that is a big assumption. >> that is the palt way to citizenship. >> maybe they want to continue living illegally and not paying taxes and enjoying all the benefits. uma: juan, do you think this the end it will be a big showdown with the president and congress over this security issue? >> it could be. but i don't think that either side wants it to slow down this process. i think we are on a fast track, uma. i think that both republicans and democrats see political advantage to getting a deal done and want it done. i think that's why senator rubio has been able to persuade so many people on the right and some -- he's a tea party favorite that this is the time to get it done, and i think from the president's perspective it's key to his legacy to his second term agenda. uma: on the other side of this, from the g.o.p. if they do get a deal done this will hopefully operate door for more hispanics to take a second look at the g.o.p. >> absolutely. what bothers me. w
it is very easy to live here and not speak english, and have a wonderful life and still get healthcare and e and and education. that is a big assumption. >> that is the palt way to citizenship. >> maybe they want to continue living illegally and not paying taxes and enjoying all the benefits. uma: juan, do you think this the end it will be a big showdown with the president and congress over this security issue? >> it could be. but i don't think that either side wants it to...
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we know this equation that they create more healthcare costs for the system. but as you point out, tucker, this could be considered preexisting condition. it's addictive. if you are addicted to cigarettes and you are a smoker and you have some of these health conditions. you have preexisting conditions. if you are overweight from all -- all of these are personal responsibilities. if you are overweight from overeating not a preexisting condition. >> insurance companies ought to be able to decide what they charge people. of course people voluntarily taking big health risks ought to pay more. there is no reason why people who don't watch their weight. only smokers are being single out. why is that? not because they're the most expensive. smokers save the system money because they die earlier. they take less out in social security. this is not one crackpot's opinion. that's a fact. smokers are unpopular, unpopular people wind up being penalized disproportionately. of course. one in five adults. that number shocked me. one in five u.s. adults smokes. >> one last po
we know this equation that they create more healthcare costs for the system. but as you point out, tucker, this could be considered preexisting condition. it's addictive. if you are addicted to cigarettes and you are a smoker and you have some of these health conditions. you have preexisting conditions. if you are overweight from all -- all of these are personal responsibilities. if you are overweight from overeating not a preexisting condition. >> insurance companies ought to be able to...
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they would not be getting federal benefits, they would not be accessing obamacare, they would not get healthcare, they would not get federal government subsidies during that time as they are applying for their citizenship. so, these are things that are all going to be ironed out on capitol hill. the question is, how much opposition will there be, considering that republicans look at the political landscape that has changed? i mean mitt romney lost 71% to 27% of the latino vote in november. that is a big demographic shift towards the democrats and republicans are looking at tha. jon: i also remembered when ronald reagan signed the immigration act of 1986 that was supposed to end the illegal immigration problem once and for all and here we are with 11 or so million illegal aliens back in this country. is there the feeling that this could fix it once and for all? >> reporter: i think there are skeptics on both sides of the aisle. i do think that the focus on security along the border is being first, and that was tried in 2007, you'll remember by president george w. bush and senator mccain, frankly,
they would not be getting federal benefits, they would not be accessing obamacare, they would not get healthcare, they would not get federal government subsidies during that time as they are applying for their citizenship. so, these are things that are all going to be ironed out on capitol hill. the question is, how much opposition will there be, considering that republicans look at the political landscape that has changed? i mean mitt romney lost 71% to 27% of the latino vote in november. that...
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they cost a lot of money. >> eric: it cost money in the five years before you die in healthcare. it's, obviously, obviously proven people who smoke use up a lot of healthcare. >> greg: not really. >> eric: really? >> greg: not really. >> bob: if i drop dead tomorrow, then that means someone who lives old -- >> eric: if that is the case, why wouldn't health insurance premiums be lower for smokers? not life insurance. health insurance premiums? they would be lower. >> andrea: yeah. >> greg: maybe -- you know why? they are consistently probably sicker or more sick, maybe they get more flus, i don't know. >> dana: sign mus sinus infecti. >> greg: that's what i get. although i'm quitting. >> eric: when? >> greg: sunday tech neckly. >> eric: promise? >> greg: i never say i'll quit smoking because i know around friday i am smoking again. >> bob: there are reports out that says if you are slightly obese you live longer. number two, if you smoke you live longer. freddie or it seems like it's more fun. >> bob: why be so bummed out to give up something you like? i don't understand that. >>
they cost a lot of money. >> eric: it cost money in the five years before you die in healthcare. it's, obviously, obviously proven people who smoke use up a lot of healthcare. >> greg: not really. >> eric: really? >> greg: not really. >> bob: if i drop dead tomorrow, then that means someone who lives old -- >> eric: if that is the case, why wouldn't health insurance premiums be lower for smokers? not life insurance. health insurance premiums? they would be...